Closure for vessels.



J. G. SGHLEIGHER.

CLOSURE FOE VESSELS.

APPLICATION FILED JULY-17. 1909.

968,696. Patented Aug. 30, 191 0.

WITNESSES Wm.

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CLOSURE FOR VESSELS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 30, 1910.

Application filed July 17, 1909. Serial No. 508,164.-

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, JOHN C. SCHLEICI-IER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Mount Vernon, in the county of lVestchester andState of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inClosures for Vessels, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to closures for vessels.

It has for its object to provide a reliable, simple and inexpensiveclosure for Vessels which is adapted, by hand or otherwise, to bereadily and easily applied and firmly secured to a vessel to preserveits contents from deterioration, waste or foreign matter, and with equalfacility removed to allow access to its interior, thereby affordingmeans for preserving the contents of a vessel indefinitely or fortemporarily protecting the contents of a vessel which are intended forimmediate use, such for instance as all kinds of drinks offered for saleon boats at summer resorts, picnics and other places where there are noconveniences for keeping the ordinary drinking glasses or vessels cleanor in perfect sanitary condition.

In the drawings illustrating my invention: Figure 1 is a side View of atumbler having my invention applied. Fig. 2, a top plan view partlybroken away. Fig. 8, a fragmentary side view of a tumbler having amodified form of my invention applied. Fig. 1, a top plan View thereof.

eferring to the drawings in which like reference characters designatecorresponding parts, 1 designates a Vessel, viz. a glass tumbler, overthe mouth of which is placed a cover 2, made of rubber or other elasticmaterial and having an integral flange 3 fitting over and around theexterior of the top of the vessel and rovided with a shoulder 4: on itsedge. I ithin the cover is removably placed a disk 5 of pasteboard orother suitable material treated to make it air and water-tight, thisdisk bearing on the top edge of the tumbler and serving as a washer toeffect a tight joint and prevent the contents of the vessel from cominginto contact with the cover, thusprotecting it from injury and alsoholding it distended so that it can be easily placed on the vessel. Aband (3 of spring wire or other suitable spring material is placedaround the flange of the cover so as to bear on the shoulder thereof,its ends overlapping in a horizontal plane and being provided withintegral laterally and obliquely extending recessed or curved ears 7,presenting oppositely recessed or curved inner faces. A tapered plug 8of wood or other suitable material is inserted between the ears 7, andbears against the curved faces thereof, forcing said ears apart whenpushed downwardly, and clamping the band tightly around the flange ofthe cover, and, when pushed upwardly, allowing the ears to move towardeach other, by the spring action of the band, unclamping it from theflange of the cover, and, if found necessary, it may be further loosenedby removing the tapered plug and pressing the ears toward each otherwith the fingers or otherwise.

Referring to the modification shown by Figs. 3 and 4, this form of myinvention only differs from that shown by Figs. 1 and 2, in that for theband 6 a band 9 of spring wire or other suitable material issubstituted, the ends of. which are overlapped in a horizontal directionand provided with integral laterally and upwardly extending cars 10 and11, the ear 10 having a socket 12 and the ear 11 having a threaded eye13. A thumb screw 15 passes through the eye 13, its end engaging thesocket 12, and when turned to the ri ht, forces said ears apart clampingthe bane tightly around the flange of the cover, and, when turned to theleft, allows the ears to be moved toward each other, by the springaction of the band, unclamping itfrom the flange of the cover. Byoverlapping the ends of the bands the flange of the cover will be evenlyand tightly clamped against the vessel all around preventing it fromwrinkling, and thus forming a water and air tight joint.

I do not desire to be understood as limiting myself to the specificdetails of construction and arrangement as herein described andillustrated, as it is manifest that variations and modifications may bemade in the features of construction and arrangement, in the adaptationof the device to various conditions of use without departing from thespirit and scope of my invention and improvements. I therefore reservethe right to all such variations and modifications as properly fallwithin the scope of my invention and the terms of the following claims.

I claim:

1. In a closure for vessels, a cover adapted to fit over and around theexterior of the top of a vessel, a helical wire band adapted to extendaround said cover and clamp it to said vessel, the ends of said bandoverlapping freely, one above the other with their side faces inparallelism and being provided with oppositely located laterally andvertically extending ears having oppositely re-c cessed inner faces anda plug adapted to be inserted between said ears and force them apart toclamp the band around the cover, substantially as described.

2. In a closure for vessels, a cover adapted to fit over and around theexterior of the top of the vessel, a helical spring acting wire bandadapted to extend around said cover and clamp it to said vessel, theends of said band overlapping freely, one above the other with theirside faces in parallelism and being provided with oppositely located,obliquely disposed laterally and vertically extending ears havingoppositely recessed in- 1 ner faces and a tapered plug adapted to beinserted between said ears and force them tending ears having oppositelyrecessed in- 1 ner faces and a plug fittlng the recessed faces of theears and filllng up'the space between them, said plug adapted to beinserted between said ears and force them apart and force the ends ofthe band against the cover to clamp the band around said cover,substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name 111 the presence of twosubscribing wltnesses.

JOHN C. SGH-LEICHER. "Witnesses:

Jos. T. MULLIGAN, A. L. RANDOLPH.

